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The antiquities of the town of Halifax in Yorkshire : Wherein is given an account of the town, church, and twelve chapels, the free grammar school, a list of the vicars and school-masters; the ancient and customary law, call'd Halifax Gibbet-Law, with the names of the persons that suffer'd therby, the times when; the public charities to church and poor; the men of learning, whether natives or inhabitants, together with the most remarkable epitaphs and inscriptions in the church and church-yard

Archive Print Item: YAS 0303

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Type of record: Book

Title: The antiquities of the town of Halifax in Yorkshire : Wherein is given an account of the town, church, and twelve chapels, the free grammar school, a list of the vicars and school-masters; the ancient and customary law, call'd Halifax Gibbet-Law, with the names of the persons that suffer'd therby, the times when; the public charities to church and poor; the men of learning, whether natives or inhabitants, together with the most remarkable epitaphs and inscriptions in the church and church-yard

Level: Item

Classmark: YAS 0303

Creator(s): Wright, Thomas (1707-1754)

Publisher: Printed by J. Lister, for J. Hodgson, and sold by Mr. John Wood, Leeds; and J. Lord, Wakefield

Publication city: Leedes

Date(s): 1738

Language: English

Size and medium: 1 p.l., vi, 207 p

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/482606

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991011480929705181

Collection group(s): Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society

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Indexed in: Boyne 126.

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Armorial bookplate of John Stansfeld. Bookplate. Pencil markings. Written in pencil on front flyleaf "YAS 16 Oct. 1950. Received from Ian Brooke, duplicate"

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